FBI Arrests Suspect When Agent Recognizes Him at Cafe

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This undated photo supplied by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Timmie Lee Smith. The FBI says agents nabbed the suspected bank robber when he showed up at a coffee shop near the bureau's Portland office.

The FBI says agents nabbed a suspected bank robber when he showed up at a coffee shop near the bureau's Portland office.

A federal magistrate on Wednesday ordered that 58-year-old Timmie Lee Smith be jailed following an initial court appearance.

The robberies occurred Oct. 7 and 12 in downtown Portland. Authorities say an agent who had seen bank surveillance photos spotted Smith at a coffee shop a few blocks from the FBI's office near Portland International Airport.

The agent investigating the robberies arrived and approached Smith. He was taken into custody without incident.